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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Dance, BA


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General Education Requirements


Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

Basic College Mathematics

Reading Comprehension

General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

FYS

First Year Seminar (Required of all freshmen and transfers with fewer than 15 transfer credits) 3 credits

W-I

Written Communication Level I 3 credits

OC

Oral Communication 3 credits
PGR Personal Growth and Responsibility 3 credits
CEA Creative Expression and Appreciation 3 credits
HP The Human Past 3 credits
CS Contemporary Society 3 credits
WC World Cultures 3 credits
#SR Scientific Reasoning Laboratory Course 4 credits
Any Scientific Reasoning Course 3-4 credits
QR Quantitative Reasoning 3 credits

  Written Communication (Level II and Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

W-II Written Communication - Level II
W-III Written Communication - Level III
DPDS Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

 

Courses In Major (48 credits total)


Required Contemporary Modern Dance Option (9 credits)


Required Hip Hop Dance Option (9 credits)


1 Credit Electives (7 credits)


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3 Credit Electives (12 Credits)


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** Dance Participation (non-degree credits)


Dance Participation must be taken each semester for a maximum of 8 times

Foreign Language (0-12 credits total)


  • ____ 101   Foreign Language -  Level I
  • ____ 102   Foreign Language -  Level II
  • ____ 201   Foreign Language  - Level III
  • ____ 202   Foreign Language  - Level IV

 

Free Electives (7 credits minimum)


Required Minor: _______________________ (15-18 credits total)


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Additional Information and Notes


**       Dance Participation must be taken each semester for a maximum of 8 times.

     Choose from DAN 200 , DAN 201 , DAN 220 , DAN 300 , DAN 401 , DAN 415 , DAN 500  and SMS 197 .

       Choose from DAN 109 , DAN 110 , DAN 111 , DAN 112 , DAN 120 , DAN 121 , DAN 122 , DAN 126 , DAN 130 , DAN 131 , DAN 132 , DAN 136 .

       Students must take any four credits of Hip Hop chosen from DAN 130 , DAN 131 , DAN 132 , depending on background and dance level.  These courses cannot be used to satisfy 1 credit elelctives.

     Students must take any four credits of Modern Dance chosen from DAN 120 , DAN 121 , DAN 122 , depending on background and dance level.  These courses cannot be used to satisfy 1 credit elelctives.

Total credits for graduation: 120